Boy
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Both words in one sentence
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A major difference is the knight will usually choose to serve the lady out of love, chivalry, duty etc while the servant boy is more likely to be hired or indentured.
Source: Mistress and Servant Boy - Instead they go with it and Sara poses as his girlfriend - to the considerable irritation of her Love Interest and the boy's real girlfriend Lady Fara.
Source: Mistaken for Romance -
Played with, though, in that the girl tries to act like a "Mistress" type lady, but has some Hidden Depths that the boy seems to find irresistable (she secretly loves punk rock, for one thing).
Source: Mistress and Servant Boy
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Lady or Boy. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/boy/lady.
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